The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-29

soi etle army OF the fObOinacst says
- 7 uttle represents nobody but
'ru tie, and he don't know anything
as q a r. comrade. Neither
he nor the subject he is trying to
agiFate is worthy of consideration.
If the President goes to ST. Louis,
The g, A r. viii see thathe is prop
3erly treated sar
Gen. W.T.. Sherman in IA letter
sto two prominent members of the
.eft Amy IN ST. Louis, adlhiihiss
tors the following scathing rebuke
TO the Tribune, Tuttle & Co:
4The Grand Army of the Repub-
lie is composed exclusively of men
who served in the army and navy
of the Union to which Mr.. Cieve-
land does not belong, and therefore
be eahnot participate in any of its
Proceedings; but the moment the
SiranQ Army energies from its hall
Fof deliberation it becomes, like the
Free Masons, Odd Follows and other
societies of good men associated for
a. noble purpose, a part of the gen
eral community, subject to the laws
and usages Of that eommunity
Mr.. Cleveland is the President of
the United States, by fair election
of all our people, commander-in-
chief of the Army and navy of the
United States, free to come and go
wherever the jurisdiction of this
our national government extends.
He may visit any fort or ship, where
the national flag will be lowered to
manifest. respect TO him and his
office, and should a foreign ship
fail to do him full honors, none will
be SO quick to resent an insult as
the members of the Grand Army
of the Republic, who perilled life
and limb to make that flag respected
at home and abroad The idea of
his being insulted, much less en-
dangered, should he be on tho stand
alongside of our rcommander-in-c chief,
General Fairchild, when the Grand
Army is passing in review, seems
to ME monstrous. l think l know
the Iowa boys too well to believe
Fsuch a thing possible. Brave men
are never ungenerous, and the Iowa
soldiers We're brave men. l know
of it from knowledge acquired in
battle, and l will pledge my life that
no Iowa soldier viii do so unmanly
an act And should Mr.. Cleveland
accept the invitation, which / hope
he will, to attend the parade of the
Grand Army of the Republic at st.
Louis on the 2sth of September
next, will stand by his side or
march past in the ranks of Ransom
post as may be ordered by General
Fairchild
"I notice with pain that the Presi-
dents action in certain pension bills
enterd into this unhappy contro-
versy. There were many private
bills and one, ola general nature,
which the President vetoed. Tie
Constitution of the United States
compels the President to approve or
veto each separate bill as it reaches
him from Congress. If approved it
becomes a law, if vetoed it requires
an increased majority iof; Congress
to pass it, but the President can
only account for his Judgment by his
own conception Of duty and to his
God. We, as soldiers, must submit
to it, because it is the law.
Honest men differ widely on this
question of pensions to our old and
feeble comrades Veal want to do
what is right, but differ as to the
means. All we know is that after
twenty odd years after the civil war
the government of the United States
under Republican and Democratic
rule pay out to our old soldiers of
the Union Army about s6o,OOO,Ooe
per year and few thousand to the
Mexican war veterans, regardless of
locality, and not one cent to the reb-
els of the South whom we fought in
the civil war. We old soldiers of
the civil war have not yet just cause
to make an issue on the question of
pensions to our i1frm and wounded
comrades. 1 advise you to go right
along, and prepare the way for the
Grand Army ofthe.Republicatitsses-
sion of Wednesday September 2sth,
1887, at st. Louis, andreceiye them
as they deserve, as honoreds guest;
also, the President of the United
States with such other honored guest
as may grace the occasion. If any
of our comrades feel hurt at the as
sociation they can remain at home,
but the sun will rise each morning,
the seasons will follow each other in